Chapter 2. Word Connections CD 2 Track 35 As mentioned in the previous chapter, in American Englis h, words are not pronounced one byone. Usually, the end of one word attaches to the beginni ng of the next word. This is also true forinitials, numbers...
Exercise 1-60: Tag Endings CD 2 Track 34 Pause the CD and complete each sentence with a tag ending. Use the same verb, but with theopposite polarity positive becomes negative, and negative beco mes positive. Then, repeat after me.Check Answer Key, be...
Exercise 1-59: Practicing Word Groups CD 2 Track33 When I read the paragraph this time, I will exaggerate the pauses. Although we're working on wordgroups here, remember, I don't want you to lose your intonation. Repeat each sentence group afterme. H...
Exercise 1-58: Creating Word Groups CD 2 Track32 Break the paragraph into natural word groups. Mark every place where you think a pause is neededwith a slash. Hello, my name is_______________. I'm taking American Accent Training. There's a lot to lea...
Exercise 1-57: Phrasing CD Track 31 Repeat after me. 图片1 For clarity, break your sentences with pauses between natural word grou ps of related thoughts orideas. Of course, you will have to break at every comma and every period, but besides thoseb...
Word Groups and Phrasing CD2 Track 30 Pauses for Related Thoughts, Ideas, or for Breathing By now you've begun developing a strong intonation, with clea r peaks and reduced valleys, soyou're ready for the next step. Y ou may find yourself reading the...
Exercise 1-56; Reading Reduced Sounds CD 2 Track 29 Repeat the paragraph after me. Although you're get ting rid of the vowel sounds, you want tomaintain a strong intonation and let the sounds flow together. For the first reading of thisparagraph, it...
Exercise 1-55: Crossing Out Reduced Sounds CD 2 Track 28 Pause the CD and cross out any sound that is not clearly pronounced, including to , fo r , and, that , than , the , a, the soft [ i], and unstressed syllables that do not have strong vowel soun...
Exercise 1-53: Reduced Sounds continued CD 2 Track26 图片1 图片2 图片3...
Exercise 1-53: Reduced Sounds CD 2 Track 26 Read aloud from the right-hand column. The intonation is marked for you. 图片1 图片2...
